Winding machine



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WINDING MACHINE .Filed Oct. 5, 1952 15 Sheets-Sheet l5 i i @If Patented Feb. 23, 1954 WINDIN G MACHINE Winthrop L. Perry,

Milford, N. H., assignor to Abbott Machine C0., Inc., Wilton, N. H., a corporation of New Hampshire Application October 3, 1952, Serial No. 312,999

15 Claims.

This invention relates to Winding machines which include a plurality of winding units of the type having a traversing thread guide having a zone of traverse adapted to progress during the Winding, as in winding the typical filling bobbin for looms. More particularly the invention relates to machines of this type in which the winding units travel.

The invention aims to simplify the construction of such machines, improve their reliability, and make the timing and operation of their several automatic devices more certain. The invention further aims to reorganize machines of this type in such a way as to utilize a single cam for controlling the progression of the thread guides of the several units, to provide a rigid mounting for the several units, as upon a table, and to provide an intermittent rotary travel of the units in which the periods of stoppage of such travel are utilized in performing the automatic bobbinchanging and thread guide restoring operations. A further object is to simplify and improve the pinboard mechanism of such machines.

Traveling unit winding machines for winding lling bobbins, as customarily constructed, have a large number of winding units, for example one hundred. In these machines the dofng of the full bobbin, the return of the thread guide, the donning of a new supply bobbin and the cutting of the thread which extends to the full bobbin take place through a zone of travel of the units of substantial length. Thus, for example, four units out of the one hundred may occupy the zone where these operations are taking place, and hence necessarily be idle, that is, not winding. This is not prohibitive in a machine having a large number of units, but for a machine having a smaler number of units the proportion of idle units to active units would increase. An object of the invention is to provide a machine of this type. adapted for use with a respectively small number of units, i. e., suitable for small lots, in which the several operations meni tioned above can take place at a single station, while the winding unit involved is stationary, so that the winding units are not necessarily rendered idle through any substantial distance of travel, or through an unduly long part of their travel, around the machine.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from this specification and its accompanying drawings in which a preferred form of the invention is described and illustrated.

In the accompanying drawings:

main cam shaft, and also showing one of the' cams on this main cam shaft and a connection therefrom for operating the central control cam;

Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic plan view, with many parts omitted, showing one of the winding units,

the main cam shaft, and showing diagrammat-- ically the Geneva movement whereby the rotary table is unlocked, driven and locked by rotation of the main cam shaft;

Fig. 7 is a sectional view on the line 'l--l of Fig. 6 showing the drive from the main cam shaft to the rotatable table, and the drive from the main cam shaft to the traverse control cam; Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic view largely in plan showing the drive from the main cam shaft toA the doffng lever;

Fig. 9 is a diagrammatic view largely in planv showing drives from the main cam shaft to the thread cutter, the bobbin feeder and the bobbin depressor;

Fig. 9a is a detail view in side elevation of the bobbin depressor;

Fig. 10 is a side elevation of avportion of the winding unit and the thread guide positioning member;

Fig. 11 is a diagrammatic view largely in plan showing the drive from the main cam shaft to. the thread guide pusher, and also showing the thread guide pusher at its extreme inner posi-v tion and showing the winding unit in condition to receive an empty winding bobbin;

Fig. 12 is a diagram largely in plan showing the drive from the main cam shaft to the abutment returning arm, and sho'wing the winding unit as carrying anew empty bobbin andthe thread guide as confined between the thread guide abutment and the thread guide pusher in the narrow zone of the winding of a startingv bunch;

-the cam follower control lever;

Fig. 13 is a perspective diagrammatic View of Fig. 14 is an end face view of a winding unit at the bobbin-changing position, showing the thread cutter in inactive position;

Fig. 15 is a view similar to Fig. 14 but showing the thread cutter in its active position;

Fig. 16 is a fragmentary detail view showing the thread cutter returned to its inactive position andfhavingclsedfthe switch ofthe vwinding unit Fig. 1'1 is a View in the nature of a plan, with many parts omitted, showing the various driving connections to the pinboard mechanism;

Fig. 18 is an elevation taken from the right of Fig. 17;

Fig. 19 is a View similartoffFig; l8exceptilng that certain parts have been omitted to expose'- other parts to View;

Fig. 20 is a side elevation of the bobbin-collecting tray of a pinboard mechanism, in itsIhObbin'- receiving position;

2l lisa Iside :'elevationi oft the llooblciin-collecting tray tilted to discharge-:itssgroup,` ofnbohbinsont arow.I off.pins--.of":a' pinboard-,r these bobbins however'beingeomittedq? ,i

Fig. 22 is a sectional view taken cn'wtlcieliney Theim'achine includes ai rotatable'ftable vEll; Fig. Lacan-ying a-:plurality` such'fas twelve Winding units U each radially arranged thereonr- A'suit ablesupport for. the Y -talole vmay include :aeframe indicated.` generally at 2l and three :bearing rollers 22, two of which are shown in Fig; Lucarriedxbyibracketst23vithereon, the'lower surface of table 2-0=rolling upon these=rollers. Theftable at itswcenteritszloosely 'abouta sieevef24, Fig:y 6,

later referred' to.

Eachfwinding; unit *Uzmay' be generally like the upper' partfofla:v traveling` winding unit of United States Patent Noz 2,352 ,4155 ,A beingi rigidly r secured through"'bracketsf-ZS-.to the table-20.: Each unit' thusvincludesian. inner Ibohbinholding center or chuck-2.26 rotatable byfan electric motor 21,: an outer bobbin holding center sor chuck---i28-longi` tudinallyfretractible against]I spring pressuref'by affleverlB i' (Figi 8) A traversefrodz-BZ (Fig- 6) is" reciprocable with" a -shortv` stroke,- of traversethrough'- af'suitalolercam as in `TIInitedvStates vPat-- entfNo:l 2,377,367 vdriven.bythe-motor 21.'

Athread guiderassemloly-.33-,- as 'in United States Patent No. 2,362,455, engages thetraverserod '32' frictionally, .withoutmeinglocked thereto, so that it itends .to`- partake of a thel short 'stroke' of. traverse oi.l 'the rod andisothat it fcan' bepr'ogressivelydisplaced forwardly along the rod andfcannalso be slid? b'ackwardlyfalong .the rod lin preparation for reception of a fresh winding looblorr.-

'I'he-thread guide". isssomewhat f simplied from thatpf :United StatesPatent No .1' 2,3 62 ,-455 in having only a single thread eye in the form of'a'slot between parallel lportions: o'atbent' wire 34; The tableisiarrangedzfor the thread 4to `approach the threads guide eye fromV above, to pass therethrough. andv continuelV downb onto the vwinding bobbinz A creel C (Figi 1) -for= the supplypackages-is'. supported Xhy vertical posts Lupen the table l20. The-creer includes'twelve bent strips 4'! extending upwardly and outwardly fin a--horizontal -ring .42 'Ii'velvef-guidefeyesM-fextendv down from the top Othefcreel. EachA of the strips 4| serves as a Support1 for ein-upper supplypackage holder 45 andraflowersupply"v package holder 46,- both directed toward one of the guide eyes 44. Supply Uackagesfs@ are fmagazinedP in-the creel, With the leading end of thread offaniactiveunwinding;

4 1 package extending to a winding unit and with the tail end of thread of this package connected to the end of thread of a reserve package.

The thread T extending from an eye 44 passes through any suitable tension device 41, hereV shown as a series of pairs of tension disks, thence through a detector eye 49, and thence to the threadi'guide ofthe corresponding Winding unit.

Three-phase relatively-flow voltage' current is supplied to the winding units through two nsulated slip rings 60 on the lower side of table 2,..Fig...7, and through the table and frame of the machine. The motor of each unit is electricallyfconnectedto the rings 6c through a double switchflNFig: 3). yieldingly urged to open but adaptedftofbeheld. closed by a latch B2 which holds.- afswitchY ylever 63 in a manner similar to the latching of the corresponding switch in UnitedStates Patent No. 2,426,168.

Latch 6?. can he automatically released to allowf-theswitchftoaopen and stop theunits motor (a) whenthe` bobbin has been filledz'tofafA prede-l termined length,l (la.) `when the threadybreaks 1er: exhausts .-and. the detector eye -49 -rises, and ,(c) f when .the winding unit f reaches.- a predetermined.- place ahead. of and near I the. automatic bobbine changing mechanism` ofthe machina Since'l such control of the latch and switch-.andi motor visi known anddoes not formi-part' of the-presentinvention, it will not hefdeScr-ibedhereindetai1-. except tomention that-by the time: anwindi-ng,

unit has made-nearly one` complete .rotation with` the-table .its bobbin. will normally .have been filled-4 toi the desired predetermined. length andl its;-

threadl guide assemhlyw33 Wllstrike-a projection.

ries the latch 62, thustiltinggthefrodiandslatchand releasing theaswitch arm. 6?,` allowing, the:

switch 6l toppen.

Mechanism is provided for givingthe table-i213.

an.. intermittent rotary, motion,.,bringing; each.

winding unit in turnzto al stationat which .cer-i tain operationsfare automatically performed.` As

applied tov a tablehaving ,twelvewinding. units,

each rotation of ythe table4 is in twelve. xsteps. and..

in the. preferred form` .ofr machineA shown the. ro-` tation yof the table iscounterclockwise. :andA the.A dwell of vthe -tableafter` each forwardv step .is somewhat longer. in time than. the -timeoccupied byf, the forward step. Thus for. example.. thel ratio between time of dwell. and-.timefof forwardmoftion may he in .theneighborhood ofseyen to ve.. A maincam shari-10v is driven=continuouslyfromia main motor 1i (Fig. 5) through a train of successively with each of twelve Geneva gearY slots 92 in the lower face of thetable I20. Rota-I tion of the cam shaft`10 thus rotates thetable intermittently in 30 steps. As indicated4 above and aswill be evident from the relation between the Geneva roller 9i and the Geneva gear slots 92; theA ratio oftime ofdwell to time -of motion lof the table is approximately seven to five.

The Geneva type of drive, for eiiecting the Aintermittent motion of theatable, is: preferredzbecausev it causes thc'motion of: the table tozbea harmonic; with smooth acceleration` at1the-start;

of each step and smoothdecelera-tion in: ap proaching-ithestop or dwell. The invention ,how`

. ever is not limitedtduseoa-Genevatypexirve.

and other intermittent drives, for example a. ratchet drive, could be used to move the table in steps.

A lock may be providedl to hold table 20 against unintended rotation during its dwells while not being driven by the Geneva gear. As diagrammatically shown in Fig. 6, a locking pin 360 may normally enter one Geneva slot 92 as the Geneva roll 9| leaves another such slot. Locking pin is carried by a crank 36| on a shaft 302 having an arm 363 which carries a cam follower roll 354 controlled by a cam 36'5 on cam shaft 10. Cam 305 is so timed with reference to Geneva roll as to remove locking pin 360 from a Geneva slot as the Geneva roll 9| enters a Geneva slot and allow locking pin 360 to enter a Geneva slot as Geneva roll 9| leaves a Geneva slot. 1 Each winding unit is provided with a shiftable abutment |00 (Figs. 6', 11 and 12) adapted to x the inward limit of the short stroke of traverse of its thread guide assembly. This abutment |00 is carried by a control rod |0| slidable in a slotted guide |02 in the top of the winding unit and is further guided between vertical rolls |04 (Fig. 2) on a central ring |05 carried by table 20. Each control rod |0| carries a cam follower roll |07, and the several such rolls engage the periphery of a central traverse control cam ||0. t

Control cam ||0 is provided with a hub and can oscillate therewith about a stationary central vertical shaft |I2 (Fig. 7). A crank arm I4 on hub carries a cam follower roll I l5 which engages the cam 90, on the main cam shaft 10, to effect this oscillation.

The radial throw of the traverse control cam H0 represents the radial advance or progression of the zone of traverse of the thread guide of a winding unit in the cycle of winding a bobbin, and for shorter or longer lengths of bobbins, or wound thread masses'on the bobbins, the traverse control cam can be replaced by another similar cam having a longer or shorter throw. Shortening of the length of the wound mass can also be secured without changing the control cam by shifting each stop element 65 inwardly along its tiltable latch-controlling rod 66, so that each unit knocks ofi` after a shorter progression of its thread guide assembly toward the tip of the bobbin.

It will be observed that if the control cam l I0 were maintained stationary, then the progression of any particular thread guide would take place only during the intervals of rotary travel of the table 20, and progression would thus be lacking in the relatively longer intervals of dwell of the table and would be too abrupt during the relatively shorter periods of rotary travel. Motion of the traverse control cam is however so related to the successive advances and dwells of the table that an approximately uniform progression of each thread guide results. Thus the traverse control cam is oscillated backward (clockwise) throughout such time as the table is stationary, and in so doing provides the desired progression of the thread guides during this interval. During movement (counterclockwise) of the table, the traverse control cam moves forwardly (counterclockwise) but at a lesser angular velocity than the table, so that the net effect of the motions of the table and cam is again a progression of the thread guides. lation of the control cam has the same arcforward and backward, soithat -any`givfen portion,

The 'oscil-` 6 for instance its terminal point I Il!a 'or its be ginning point |011, will remain within a relatively limited zone. The region of the terminal point l0n and beginning point l0b (Fig. 6), with reference to the follower |01, corresponds to a station indicated by the center line XII-XII where a winding unit is subjected to the bobbin-changing operations. Y t

It may also be observed that the arc of motion of the control cam H0 is less than the arc of one step of advance of the table. In addi# tion, it may be mentioned that where the table has a harmonic motion (as in the preferred con--y struction) the duration of backward motion of the cam overlaps somewhat the duration of for'- ward motion of the table, and that backward motion of the cam begins while the table is Vdecelerating to stop, persists through the stoppage or dwell, and only ends after some acceleration of the table has taken place. These factors contribute to the provision of a constant relative movement as between the cam and the table. Further, in the preferred machine shown, vthe control cam has an approximately constant'rate of rise from its beginning point l0b to its terminal point H05. The terminal point H0 and the beginning point l l0b of the control cam are separated by an inwardly extending kcutout portion ||0c adapted to permit inward movement of the follower roll |01 and thread guide abutment |00 considerably beyond the positions representing the beginning of winding upon a bobbin.

Upon arrival at the station at line XIIe-XII a given winding unit will be in an inactive cone dition, with its motor deenergized (usually because its latch rod 65 has been tilted as a result of completion of winding). Upon arrival ofthe unit at this station a domng lever |20 (FigfS) is operated through a link |2l, a crank plate |22 (pivoted at |24) and cam vfollower |23 from a cam |25 on the main cam shaft T0, to swing-inward and hold the chuck-controlling lever 3| of the unit inwardly, thus retracting' the outer chuck 28, releasing the wound bobbin and preparing for reception of the new empty 'bobbin.' The dofied bobbin is receivedin a tray |30, Fig. 14, pivotally connected at I3| to the winding unit, the tray being supported in bobbin-holding position by resting upon the upper surface 'of a supporting ring |32. A bobbin-depressor ist is pivoted loosely upon a shaft |49, Figs. 9 and 9a and is swung down through the space occupied by a bobbin, between the chucks, so as to remove forcibly any' bobbin that fails to drop out from between thechuck's. The bobbin-depressor in most cases does not en'- counter a bobbin between the chucks, but is use ful as a precaution. Further, the bobbin-depressor then prevents the bobbin from being lifted by the pull of the thread extending thereto while the thread guide is shifted away from the tip of the bobbin as subsequently described. The bobbin depressor is raised from its normal, lower posi-4 tion, raised up to permit the bobbin of the winding unit to come beneath it, and is then loweredl to its lower position by linkage (Fig. 9) including a link |42, a camfollower lever M3 and an-actuating roller Mil on the upper surface of a cam |50, subsequently referred to, on the main cam shaft 10.

A thread guide positioning member is pro` videdvwith a squared hub |6| whichfis bored to pivot upon a rod |62 extending from an arm |63, Figs. '1, 10 and 11.V The thread guide positioning aecomo member i .6 0', itszinactive position rests iwithits squared hubil against azstationarydnolined stop |65tfwhich .serves toV hold the threadtguide i-positioning" member. clear ofthe winding unit; but upon inward. movement drops slightly: and slides with-'its downturned inner end upon thehorizontaliframe element ofthe winding unit.

As shown in Figs. 11 and l'thedriving connections to the thread-positioning memberv inoludefacam |1 :onimain cam shaft 10, a cam follower ITI, ro'cker'arm |12 pivotedat |13 and'a linkf|14 connectingthe rocker arm |12 and the pivoted armtl 63:

`Inwardv movement brings the thread guidepositioningfmember |60 into contactwith the thread guida-'assembly 33tandl pushes the thread guide assembly inwardly until the thread'guide 34 is somewhatbeyond the inner or base chuck 20, as inflig.y l1. Aty this position' ofA the winding unit ther-cam follower roll. |01 of the winding unit is at thee'cuti-out portion ||0u of the central traverse control'cam H0, and inward movementof'the threadguide assembly by the thread guide positioningmernber ltll'mcves the cam follower |01 into-this cut-out portion. The cut-outportion is .of suicient width so that the cam I 0 can oscillatefihackwardly (clockwise) while the cam follower |01v is in the cut-out portion, at smaller radiusthan the beginningspoint I i0b of the cam. Atrthe time ofinwardmovement of the thread guide assembly as described above, a bent wire |11 guided'in a support |18 is moved inward at a level below theflevel of: the chucks, and engages the tliread .between the thread guide and discharged bobbinland. forces the thread against the base chuckc26'. Wire |11 is connected to partake of the back and forth movement of thearm |93 carrying the thread guide controlling member |60, and the shape of wire |11, as viewed in elevation (Fig. l), is such that vits inner end follows an approximately horizontal path. As shown in Fig. l1 the innermost position of wire |11 carries its inner end beneath the base chuck 20.

The machine includes a bobbin magazine indicated vgenerally at M which will not be described irndetail because it may be of any desired construction but is preferably similar to that of UnitedStates Patent No. 2,377,367.' The magazineoperates automatically to supply a single file ofbobbintsuspended by their enlarged base portions between two parallel plates, the nearer vone ofwhich is shown at' |30 in Fig. 1', the upper edges .ofthese plates being inclined downwardly towardthe winding unit. The bobbins are released one at a` time'from between these plates by any suitable.: release mechanism, for example swinging flngerrelease mechanism similar to that of United States Patent No. 2,395,028.

A- swinging bobbin-positioningmember includes parallel bars |it5 (Figs. land 9) fast on shaft |4| andspaced so that the shank of aibobbincan-pass between them, and pairs of spaced resilient fingers |88 and |31 adapted yieldingly to retain a bobbin below the bars |85.- In its raised position of Fig. l, the bobbin-positioning member receives a bobbii from `the plates |80 and holds the bobbin between its fingers |80, |80 and |01, |81.

The bobbin-positioning member is swung down to a horizontal position where the bobbin held by itslngers-lies between the chucks of the winding unit. Mechanism for moving the bobbin-positioning member includes the cam |50, previously mentioned, Fig.A 9, a camfollower. |90, rocker arm |951; link|92 and crank ISS-on shaftidl.. lllthjxn the rhbbin; positioned; horizontally )bee Cil tweeni the:4 chucks of f the winding unit,v the cam |25' (Fig.` .8) operates to allow the doinglever- |20 to release the chuck-controlling lever 3| ofthe winding unit, allowing the outer chuck 28'- to spring inwardly, grasp the tip ofl the new bobbin and force the bobbin into the inner orf baseV chuck 26, lclamping-against this chuck the run of thread that has previously been positioned across the chuck-'by the thread guide 34 and wire |11.

Thereupon the bobbin-positioning member 851s swungupwardly to its bobbin-receiving position` of Fig. 1 and in so moving, its ngers slip past the held v.between the chucks of the Vwinding unit'.

The cam If'lilwhich controls the thread-guide positioning ,member |60 then acts to causeA this member to retract outwardly to the position of Fig. 12, to permit subsequent movement of the threadguide within a restricted zone b of forexample 5/8"r length along the shank of the bobbin, to build a starting or base bunch. A cam follower return lever 200; through a roller 20| atits outer end', acts on the end'of abutment control rod |0| toforce this rod outwardly suiciently to bring the-cam follower roll |01 into position to bereceivedby the beginning point H0b of cam |10, and. this movement of rod 10| carries the abutmenty |00 into position to define the inner endfof therestricted zone b of traverse for building the bunch.

Cam follower return lever 200- is of curved form, as viewed in plan, to extendpartly around the` stationary shaft |\|2 of cam ||0 and is fast upon a'vertical shaft 202 which as best shown in Fig; 13 passes through a bearing in a plate 203 on the top of stationary'sleeve 21|' and thence down inside sleeve 24, andas shown in Fig. `13 thence through a bearing in a stationary plate 204. Shaft 202v is swung about its axis bydriving connections (Figs. 7 and l2) including a crank' 20E, link'201, crank 20B, vertical'shaft 209 mounted in a bearingk 2|0, and cam follower lever 2|| which is engaged-by a pin 2|2 extending 'down' from the lower surface ofthe previously mentioned cam 90.

With the-winding unit not quite yetv energized tostart'winding again, a thread cutter indicated generally at N is actuated to cut the thread between the base chuck and the dscharged'bobbin` intray |30.

Thread cutter N (Figs. 9 and 1li-1G) comprises generally a swinging arm 2|5 carrying a, fixed blade'portion 2|6 tok which a movable blade 2|1 is pivoted at ZIB. With the movable blade open, the` swinging arm and movable blade together swing'counterclockwise into -position to4 intercept the thread between the ked blad'e portion and movable blade, whereupon blade-closing linkage causes the movable blade to close and sever thev thread'. At near the end of the return-movement' of the cutter, linkage opens the movable blade.y

The cutter is' swung by linkage, Fig. 9, includinga pin 250' extending down from the` lower surface of the previously mentioned cam |50, a crank-25| on shaft 252, crank 253, and link 254 connected'to the swinging arm 2 l5 of the cutter (Figs. 9 and 14). The pin 250 striking the crank 25|, once each cycle, operates the cutter.

The swinging arm 2|5 carries a lever 255 pivoted.- thereto on a pin256, one end of lever 255 being, connected to the movablevblade-by aJink 251. The cutter is normally held in its position offFig. 1.4;by a springY 258.

Assthe cutter swingsfup `toward tsfcuttingfpofempty bobbin, leaving the empty bobbin sition, the movable blade 2|1 remains open until the position of Fig. is reached, whereupon a pin 255s on lever 255 strikes a stationary stop pin 255b (Fig.l 15). The slight further swinging motion of the cutter as a whole, while lever 255 is restrained by the pin 2551i, acts through lever 255 and link 251 to close the movable blade. This cuts the thread extending from the supply to the full bobbin in the tray |39. On return movement of the cutter, the lever 255 strikes a stationary stop element 255e (Fig. 14) which acts on the lever 255 to open the movable blade.

'Ihe return motion of the cutter is availed of to start the winding unit by closing its switch 6|. The switch 6| has beneath it a pin 25|) eX- tending down through a hole in the table 29, so that pressing upwardlybn the pin will tilt the switch to closed position. Swinging arm 2|5 of the cutter carries an arm 262 having a springheld pivoted extension 293 adapted to be deflected in the direction of travel by a pin 260 of a winding unit, as in Fig. 14. As the cutter swings to cut, the extension 233 swings back and stops against the arm 262. Then when the arm 262 and extension 263 rise on the return movement of the cutter, extension 263 underlies the pin 260 and rises and lifts the pin as in Fig. 16, closing the switch 6|. The switch is latched closed by the latch previously described, unless the thread detector prevents such latching as in the case of absence of thread at the detector.

After the requisite number of turns have been wound to provide the wound bunch near the base of the bobbin, the thread guide positioning member is automatically retracted and returned i to its inactive raised positionof Fig. 10. Shortly thereafter, the rotary motion of the table 29 begins again. The cam follower |91 engages the operative surface of the cam at its beginning point I I0b and the abutment |90 is controlled by the composite action of oscillation of cam I I9 and intermittent motion of the table 29, as above described.

When a winding unit reaches the end of ring |32 its tray |30 tilts down, discharging the bobbin onto a platform 210 and inside of a forked member 21| which is pivoted at 212 to swing horizontally. The undersurface of table is provided with a series of pins 215, one for each winding unit, each of which engages the forked member 21| as in Fig, 17 and swings it and the bobbin therein out beyond the edge of platform 210.

A bobbin-collecting tray 286 having compartments B1 B2, etc., Fig. 22, for eight bobbins side by side, is reciprocable to bring each compartment into position to receive a bobbin delivered from the edge of platform As shown in Figs. 20 to 22 the compartments B1 to Ba of tray 289 are mounted on a bar 282 carried by an arm 283 fast on a shaft 284 which is rotatable and slidable in a bushing 286 (Fig. 22). Reciprocation of shaft 284 and tray 233 is accomplished by a swinging motion of lever 299, Figs. 17 and 22, having an open forked end adapted to engage a pin 29| on the shaft 284. Throughout substantially all of its reciprocating movement the tray 28|) is steadied against rotation by engagement of a lug 292 with a, guide bar 293 on the frame. In reaching its outermost position of Fig. 22 the lug 292 leaves the guide bar 293 but enters within the forked upper end of a bell crank 235 which pivots about the bushing 286. Pivoting of bell crank 295 from the position of Fig, 20 to the position of Fig. 21 tilts 75 the tray 290 to a position to discharge its group of bobbins onto a row of pins 390 of a Pinboard indicated generally by P.

A pivcted wire yoke 305 normally extends around the open right end of tray 289, being supported in this position by a spring 396 at the inner side of the tray, Fig. 20, the yoke preventing the bobbins from sliding prematurely on the tray. Near the fully tilted position of the tray, Fig. 21, the inner portion of the wire yoke 305 strikes a stationary pin 301 which forces the yoke out of the way of the downwardly tilted end of the tray, permitting the group of bobbins to drop onto the pins 390.

Mechanism for swinging the forked lever 290 to reciprocate 'the tray 280 is shown as including a cam 319 on main cam shaft 2li a bell crank 3|I on shaft |13, a link SI2, pawl 3 I3, a ratchet wheel Sie, shaft 3|5, and a double cam 3|6, 3|1 fast on shaft 3|5 and turned slowly by the ratchet wheel. The forked lever 299 is pivoted at 320, Fig. 1'1, and has secured thereto a crank arm 2993, the lever 29|) and its crank arm .299a carrying followers 322 and 323 which engage the cams 316 and 311 respectively. The shape and timing' of cams 3|6 and 311 are such that, starting with the tray in its outermost position ofFigs. 19 and 22 alternate compartments of the tray are successively placed at bobbin-receiving position by the inward part of the movement of the tray and other compartments are successively placed at bobbin-receiving position by the outward part of the movement of the tray. For example, compartments B2, B4, Bs and Bs are successively placed at bobbin-receiving position by inward movement of the tray, and the compartments B7, B5, Ba and B1 are successively placed in bobbin-receiving position by outward movement of the tray. Following the positioning of compartment B1 Yinbobbin-receiving position, for reception of a bobbin thereby, the tray is further shifted outward to the position of Figs. 19 and 22, so that it can be tilted to discharge its group of bobbins.

and after allowing time Mechanism for swinging the bell crank 295 to tilt the tray 289 is shown as including a cam 325 on the main cam shaft 1li (Fig. 17), a bell crank 326 rotatable upon rocker arm shaft |13, a link 321, crank arm 328, vertical shaft 329, crank arm 339 and link 33| (Figs. 17 and 20). Bell crank 295 is thus tilted from its vertical position of Fig. 20 to its inclined position of Fig. 20 at each revolution of the main cam shaft, but this motion is an idle motion except once every eighth cycle, when the tray having received eight bobbins is in the position of Fig. 22 with its lug 292 in engagement with the bell crank. Upon such eighth cycle, the tray 89 is tilted as in Fig. 21 to discharge the bobbins.

The pinboards, both before and after lling, rest upon a pair of guide rails 349 and are advanced step by step to andpast the filling position by reciprocation of these rails combined with detent action restraining the pinboards from backward movement.

Guide rails 349 are interconnected by cross pieces one of which is shown at 34| (Fig. 17) to form a rigid reciprocable frame, and rest upon rollers 343.

During the course of filling the tray 280 with eight bobbins, the guide rails 349 are shifted to the right somewhat more than the distance between adjacent rows of pins on a pinboard, for example two inches where the rows are one and one-half inches apartyand also are shifted back* 

